每天三分钟学英语 第208期:外国人和你"道歉"时千万别说not at all了

 情景对话：

I wanted to apologize for my outburst yesterday.

Don't worry about it. We unloaded¹ a lot on you.

今日知识点：

英文“道歉”的各种表达：

① I wanted to apologize for…

我想为…道歉。

I wanted to apologize for hurting your feelings. I didn't mean what I said.

我想为伤害你的感情道歉。我不是那个意思。

② I'm sorry for…

对不起…

I'm sorry for ditching² you last week. I shouldn't have done it.

对不起上周把你抛下了。我不应该那么做。

③ Please forgive me.

请原谅我。

I didn't mean to do that on purpose. Please forgive me.

我不是故意的，请原谅我。

④ I feel really bad about…

对…感觉真的很抱歉。

I feel really bad about not showing up to your birthday. Please forgive me.

没去你的生日真的很抱歉。请原谅我。

⑤ I hope you can forgive me.

请原谅我。

It wasn't cool for me to go through your phone like that. I'm sorry. I hope you can forgive me.

我不应该那样看你的电话，对不起请原谅我。

⑥ My bad for…

都是我的错

My bad for not finishing my part on time. I feel really bad about it.

很抱歉我那部分没做完，我真的感觉很不好。

回应“道歉”的不同方法：

① No problem.

没关系。

② Don't worry about it.

没关系。

③ Forget about it.

没事。

Forget about it. We all make mistakes.

没事儿的，我们都会犯错的。

④ That's all right/okay.

没事。

That's all right. I know you didn't mean to do it on purpose.

没事儿的，我知道你不是故意的。

⑤ No worries.

别担心。

No worries. We're still cool.

别担心，我们之间没事儿。

1 unloaded   

从…卸下货物( unload的过去式和过去分词 )； 摆脱； 拆掉； 脱手

参考例句：

• The lorry had been blacked by strikers and could not be unloaded. 那辆货车遭到罢工者抵制而无法卸货。
• They unloaded books from a car. 他们从车上把书卸下来。

2 ditching   

n.开沟，水上迫降；挖沟；抛开；溅落

参考例句：

• Ditching was a nasty but manageable maneuver. 水面迫降虽然不愉快，却是容易掌握的手段。 来自辞典例句
• Did your pager really just go off, or are you ditching the conversation? 你的寻呼机真的响了还是你想中断谈话？ 来自电影对白